Vote for Wexford!!

jebuz · 30-04-2007 1:35pm #1

Anybody else heard about this, they're making an all-ireland monopoly, and you have to vote to get your county to be part of the game. There's only 22 places and we're doing alright at the moment, #6, but sure lets get those votes in and make it to the top, g'wan the yella bellies! The higher your position, the better placed you are on the board.

http://www.monopoly.ie

Hasbro, the makers of the world’s most famous property board game Monopoly, are calling on the people of Ireland to get behind their county and vote to be included on the first ever All-Ireland Monopoly board. Competition is expected to be fierce with space for only 22 of the 32 counties to feature. By logging onto www.monopoly.ie the people of Ireland are being given the chance to vote for their county to be featured on the new Monopoly All-Ireland Here & Now board to be released in October.

The website, which goes officially live today, also features a leader board showing a track of how each county is performing. Until voting ends on May 25th, each person can cast one vote a day - the more votes a county gets, the further up the leader board it goes. The top 22 counties will be guaranteed a place on the board with the top spot, going to the county with the most votes. So Sligo could conceivably become the new Shrewsbury Road or Cork could take over from Grafton Street. For over 70 years the Monopoly board has represented the most valuable locations in Dublin, but for the first time, the people of Ireland can vote to get their county on the board. Counties will be decided not by the cost of property or its notoriety but on the passion of its people. The counties that make it onto the board will be represented by their most popular visitor attraction. According Hasbro’s National Sales Manager, Anne Dermody: “We have always been amazed at the level of interest and passion that surrounds Monopoly. Now it’s up to the people of Ireland to have their say and to ensure that their county is included on the new board. Those who don’t vote will find that their county will be left out. If the residents of Dublin fail to vote it is entirely possible that the country’s capital will be left off the board.” Politicians, County Councillors and Monopoly lovers are being asked to rally their county’s population to vote in a bid to ensure that their county has its best chance to feature on the board. Monopoly is produced under the Parker brand at Hasbro’s plant in Waterford where 1.5 million Monopoly boards are shipped throughout Europe every year. Since its arrival on the market in 1935, over 200 million Monopoly games have been sold across the world and it has been played by an estimated 500 million people. Ends